lancelet, amphioxus
(noun) small translucent lancet-shaped burrowing marine animal; primitive forerunner of the vertebrates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
amphioxus (plural amphioxi or amphioxuses)
The lancelet, particularly of the genus Branchiostoma.
Source: Wiktionary
Am`phi*ox"us, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebræ, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 January 2025
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
